procul

Latin

Etymology

From the root of celer, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive, force to move quickly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.kul/, [ˈprɔkʊɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.kul/, [ˈprɔːkul]
• Hyphenation: pro‧cul

Adverb

procul (not comparable)

1. far, far away; at a distance, from afar

   Brasilia procul ab Iaponia est.

   Brazil is far from Japan.

References

• “procul”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “procul”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• procul in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be far from town: longe, procul abesse ab urbe
    
  • God forbid: quod abominor! (procul absit!)